Description
These Bewitched Halloween Cupcakes are moist chocolate cupcakes topped with vibrant multi-colored swirls of homemade buttercream frosting in spooky purple, green, and black. Perfectly festive and delicious, they combine classic chocolate flavor with beautifully piped frosting, making them an ideal treat for your Halloween celebration.
Ingredients
Scale
Cupcakes
- 1 box Chocolate Cake Mix
Buttercream Frosting
- 1-2 batches of The Best Buttercream Frosting (vanilla flavored)
- Wilton Color Right Food Coloring – Pink, Blue, Yellow, Black (to create purple, green, and black frosting)
- Wilton 1M Frosting tip and decorating bag
Instructions
- Prepare Cupcakes: Make a batch of vanilla cupcakes according to the instructions on the chocolate cake mix box or your preferred method. Bake for 18 minutes and allow to cool completely before frosting.
- Make Buttercream Frosting: Prepare 1-2 batches of the Best Buttercream Frosting recipe, depending on the number of cupcakes you are frosting. The frosting should be smooth and spreadable.
- Color the Frosting: Divide the frosting into three portions. Color one portion purple by mixing pink and blue food coloring, another portion green by mixing yellow and blue, and the last portion black using black food coloring. The approximate quantities per batch are: Purple – 1 cup, Green – 3/4 cup, Black – 1/2 cup.
- Fill the Decorating Bag: Fit the decorating bag with the Wilton 1M frosting tip. Fill the bag first with purple frosting, then green, and finally black to create the layered swirl effect.
- Decorate Cupcakes: Starting with the purple frosting, pipe one and a half circles around the edge of the cupcake to form the bottom swirl. Next, pipe 1½ smaller circles of green frosting on top of the purple layer. Finally, pipe a third smaller circle with black frosting finishing with an upward flourish to create a peak at the top.
Notes
- Chocolate cupcakes topped with vibrant multi-colored swirls of homemade buttercream frosting add a festive Halloween touch.
- The three layers of frosting swirl are purposely sized differently to create a dimensional effect.
- If desired, you can adjust the food coloring amounts to achieve the shades you prefer for the frosting layers.
- Ensure cupcakes are completely cooled before decorating to prevent frosting from melting.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0.3g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg
